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Problems with composing messages
Unlike some other email programs, Thunderbird does not create a clickable link when you are composing a message and add a hyperlink. If you use the
command, the link is formatted as a link (underlined and colored), but if you click it nothing happens. If you paste or type a link into the body of a message it appears in the text of the message without any indication that it is a link.This behavior is deliberate. When links are "activated", they are difficult to edit (because when you try to position the cursor within an active link you usually launch the link in the browser).
When a message is sent (or saved as a draft), Thunderbird "activates" links in the message, adding formatting as necessary and making them clickable hyperlinks.
Problems with received or saved mails
When you click a hyperlink in a message, your system's default web browser should open (if it is not already running) and display the link. If that doesn't happen, there are several possible causes.
Check that the operating system's default browser is specified
Every operating system allows the specification of a default browser that will be launched (for example) when a hyperlink in a message is clicked. Internet Explorer, Firefox, and other browsers check this setting by default when they start up and prompt you to set them as the default. Sometimes, however, this setting goes awry and your computer forgets which browser is the default. To fix this problem, you need to reset the default browser on your system.
In Firefox, select
(Windows) or (Mac and Linux). Select the panel. On the tab, make sure the "Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser on startup" box is checked, and then click the button. Restart Firefox and then restart Thunderbird.Internet Explorer under XP (it may differ on other Windows versions)
On the Control Panel, select the Internet option. Select the programs tab. In the middle of the page there will be options to turn the browser checking on and off.
Check that no application is specified for the HTTP content type
In Thunderbird you can specify an action that occurs when you click on various types of attachments and inline content. If the action for the HTTP / HTTPS content type is set incorrectly, this will prevent links from opening correctly.
If the operating system's default browser is specified correctly as described above, it is not necessary to specify an action for the HTTP / HTTPS content type. To check this setting, select
(Windows) or (Mac and Linux). Click on the page. If HTTP and/or HTTPS are listed in the Content Type column, either delete the action or ensure the specified action is correct.Check for an incorrect preference
In some circumstances a normally hidden preference gets changed resulting in Thunderbird trying to handle these links internally. One of these circumstances appears to be after you uninstall the ThunderBrowse add-on, although the upgrade process to V5 appears to have caused it for some people as well. To check if this might be the cause, open the trouble shooting information in the Help menu and under the heading of modified preferences look for a preference network.protocol-handler.external-default. If this is present and set to false then this is your problem.
To correct this setting, select
(Windows) or (Mac and Linux). Click on the page. Select the Config Editor button and click the 'I will be careful, I promise' button.Type network.protocol-handler.external-default, or enough of it that you can see it appear in the list below. Select the entry in the list, right-click it and select the reset option from the menu that appears.
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It is time to look for an extension that may be causing some unwanted behavior. Run Thunderbird in Thunderbird Safe Mode. If you can click on hyperlinks in Thunderbird Safe Mode but not in normal mode, your problem is probably being caused by an add-on (also known as an extension).
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All in the Family: Maureen Shanklin Didn't Intend to Be the Mother of 16 Kids, but Somehow She Always Found Room for One – or Four – More
By Rona Marech, The Baltimore Sun
May 13–Maureen Shanklin is fine with you comparing her home to a beehive if, by beehive, you mean a marvel of sound (and loving) organization.
As evidence, she could provide this snapshot of her kitchen one fall afternoon: Six-year-old Alexis prattling about her emergency ear surgery, her brother Jay enacting a Power Ranger drama, Darien scribbling a letter, Mark doggedly sounding out words, a hermit crab on the table, the dogs snuffling, the plink, plink of Dante's piano lesson coming from the music room.
Yes, activity in every corner, and no, it's not exactly what Shanklin envisioned for herself when she was growing up. What rational person would ever imagine herself having 16 kids? And making such a household run so smoothly?
Well, it happened very gradually, as she describes it. Little by little — without ever having a conscious goal — she decided that, oh, maybe she wanted another child.
Other women experience the very same emotional tugs. Just in her case, she supposes, she got a bit carried away. And now, she is a 53-year-old single, working woman with graying hair, half-glasses and a passel of children ages 29, 26, 19, 18, 16, 16, 15, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 8, 8, 8 and 6. Three of her older children have moved out, but the others live with Shanklin in a rural part of western Baltimore County in a 10-bedroom house with a big yard, a basketball court, a trampoline, two swing sets and an above-ground pool.
People, intimates and strangers alike, always wonder how she does it and — though they are rarely rude about it — why? Why so many? Just … why?
"I know you have a story," a saccharine-voiced woman said to her at a campground last summer, after noticing a multiracial crowd of kids all calling her mom.
"Everyone has a story," Shanklin replied evasively.
Because really: The children need their privacy, and that sort of questioning can embarrass them, at least the older ones.
Some strange woman at the pool doesn't really need to know that, yes, most of the kids were adopted. And yes, many of them were horribly abused and neglected by their birth families and still live with the inevitable after-effects of their early life experiences — learning disabilities, emotional struggles, post-traumatic stress disorder.
And anyway, how could she easily answer those whys?
She's really not one to sentimentalize or linger over her own motives, but when she tries to explain, she says she is passionate about keeping siblings together. Taking in the kids was something she could do and maybe no one else could. She likes children and people seem to sense that.
She has actually had a couple of kids abandoned into her care. Could you babysit for me tomorrow? And then the parents never come back. Even now, an extra kid or two — "I don't know where the hell they come from," her 84-year-old father says — will often show up on weekends or tag along on family trips.
Society is so different now; communities are dispersed. But there always used to be somebody sort of like her on the block — a mother whose house was the hangout, who made the cookies, whom neighbors would call for babysitting help when they had a problem at home.
Honestly, the 16 children — it just sort of happened.
One by one by four
They came home to her in all different ways. Came home — that's how she always puts it.
Kelly arrived first, in 1980, a product of a brief marriage that Shanklin had in her twenties. And then Levick came next. Unexpectedly. A single friend was staying with Shanklin after giving birth and one day, she moved out and simply left Levick behind. Eventually, many conversations later, she asked Shanklin, "Would you raise my son?" By then it was two bumpy months into it and, really, there was little to discuss: Shanklin already felt that Levick was hers.
She thinks of Patrick as an unplanned gift, too. She had lymphatic cancer when Kelly was about 5 and though she fully recovered, doctors thought the radiation and chemotherapy had left her sterile. Plus, part of her uterus was removed during treatment.
Consequently, no one believed it when a pregnancy test came back positive, and she was well into her second term before doctors finally agreed that indeed, a baby was coming. They advised her to terminate the pregnancy for her health, but that was out of the question. While Shanklin's politics generally run left, she is opposed to abortion. So, though Patrick's father was out of the picture by then, she went through with the pregnancy and, almost 19 years ago, gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
Most of the others arrived via the social services departments in Baltimore and Kansas City, Mo., where workers were reaching out of state to find adoptive parents. Some were babies, some children. In one case, she expected a single child and instead ended up with three — twins and their baby sister — who had been so terribly starved they had distended bellies and doctors were confused about their ages. They thought the twins, who couldn't walk, talk or eat solid foods, were 7 months old, but the boys had already passed their second birthday. One had to go to occupational therapy later to learn how to chew because he had missed that stage of development.
Other kids came with multiple broken bones. Two had lived in a crack house. Shanklin didn't know how any of them would fare. No one did. You can't predict that.
Though she met the children once, at most, before she took them in, a motherly feeling always set in almost immediately. It started as a surge of protectiveness. Because these children were just handed to her, like that, and they had no one else in the world to take care of them. And then quickly — within hours, within days — that feeling deepened and she felt like they were hers. She doesn't know how else to describe it.
Probably the most conscious decision she made was adopting four siblings in 2000. She was shopping around a little — she admits it — looking at a Web site with photographs of waiting children. All of them are cute, but certain ones grab her. She was not looking for four, truly. But she can't stand it when siblings are split up, and there was something about those faces. They just looked like her kids. She thought, you know, "They're the ones."
That probably would have been it for her. Foster kids had come through her household all along — 14 maybe? — but she stopped doing that. The loss when they left was too painful. For her. For the children. And anyway, her family was too large. A dozen kids was plenty. That was obvious.
But a couple years later, the same social worker from Missouri called about another group of four siblings that social services couldn't place. They had been terribly abused — the toddler, who was almost 2, had just had a body cast removed; the 3-year-old wore a miniature helmet because of brain damage he suffered when one of his parents threw him into a wall. No one knew if those two would be able to walk or talk.
Shanklin thought about it for a while. She looked at her finances, spoke to family and friends.
Can you really handle more? they asked her.
What about your health? her parents said.
At some point, she set aside her apprehension and decided to leap. Whatever would be would be. She flew to Missouri to pick up the children. And then they were 16.
Just keep running
Keep moving until everything is done — that's one of her mottos.
Wake up at 4:50 a.m., pour some cold barley tea, start the laundry, fix breakfast, drive the older twins to their bus stop, make more breakfast, put in more laundry, check for brushed teeth, inspect hair, feed the dogs, take a bath, stop at the grocery store, drive to work, sign checks.
Friends from church, work, school and the neighborhood are always amazed. They don't quite understand how, with all the demands on her, Shanklin pulls it off day after day. With her managerial skills, she could run a huge corporation, her friend Linda Ryan says. "She could be Bill Gates."
Well, life can feel like a giant logic puzzle, but she's not being intentionally coy or modest when she says that it just takes organization. It takes a system. It also takes a sterling memory: She knows the color and shape of each kid's pills. She mentally keeps track of the food in the pantry. She remembers — without labels, which seem too group-home-like — who owns every last T-shirt and sock in the house.
She is not frenetic — that's not her style — but she rarely stops and kicks up her feet because she knows she won't be able to make up that time later. Like those daily five loads of laundry; they absolutely have to be finished by the time she leaves in the morning or she will end up running up and down the stairs all night while she is trying to make dinner and look over homework.
If you fall during a marathon, everyone runs on top of you, Shanklin says. It's the same kind of thing.
Family and friends pitch in, of course. They cart the kids to activities, attend recitals and dance performances, babysit in a clutch, braid hair. One friend from church used to regularly leave work early to cheer at Levick's baseball games. The music teacher is so devoted to the children that when he got engaged, he informed his fiancee, "Those kids are part of the package."
And she relies on the kids, too, to help their siblings with homework or do the dishes or take the dogs out. If she is, say, running late, she can recite a battery of directions over the phone to 16-year-old Laneisha. The babysitter is picking up the boys at the bus stop; if Jay didn't take his 1 o'clock medicine it's in the little white paper cup, don't let him take the orange pill because it keeps him up; Terrell said he would play with Jay, I don't mind if they play video games, just tell the babysitter to leave the pantry open because the PlayStation is in there; someone can watch a movie in my room if they want; bribe them with electronics — that's my advice …
As time goes on, Shanklin finds she worries less. It takes a lot to fluster her. And she learned long ago to let go of a desire for perfection. After all, what matters: a clean house or spending time with the family? Anyway, she believes that even if you make a lot of mistakes as a parent — and that's inevitable — if you can make your children understand that you have their best interests at heart, they are forgiving.
Financially, she always manages to make ends meet. She earns $82,000 as executive director of Community Support Services for the Deaf, an agency for deaf adults with developmental disabilities that she has run for 20 years. Most of the kids get government medical assistance. Five qualify for a monthly stipend for adopted, disabled children. Missouri reimburses her for some babysitting expenses, an upscale grocery store donates produce, and clothes consistently roll in. Between state money, scholarships and sheer resourcefulness, she has found a way to send most of the kids to private school at one point or another, from Catholic school to a dance academy in New Jersey.
Nonetheless, she is not above a moneymaking scheme; this year, the idea was breeding English bulldogs. Their trendiness and ridiculous pricey-ness might ordinarily turn her off, but, hey, she has no problem profiting from the silliness in the world.
Unfortunately, she belatedly found out that bulldogs can only give birth via Caesarean section, because they have been bred to such odd proportions. And their dog Pumpkin, after lurching around the house like a ship for weeks, wound up being due on the day of Kelly's wedding.
The bulldog specialist is in Virginia, the wedding was in Baltimore, and the scene was insane — even for Shanklin. She pulled out everyone's party clothes the night before — pinning socks and underwear to suits and dresses — then a few of them awoke at dawn and sped across the state. They did not have an hour to spare, but as providence had it, the delivery went smoothly and they returned home with eight robust puppies the children named Panic, Snort, PJ, Einstein, Blackbeard, Nana, Mama Claus and Cookie Monster.
And they made it to the wedding on time.
In the end, the bulldog shenanigans were just another logic problem to solve. True, the puppies are difficult to care for at first — they squeal like baby ducks and need Vaseline applied to their rumps every few hours to keep their tails from sticking to their haunches. But after the first few weeks, it really isn't that bad.
What can she say — it's just her routine, and somehow it works. She doesn't ponder it, she simply does it. To be sure, she doesn't have room for much outside the kids, but this is her life and she has no regrets. Yes, occasionally she wishes she could just fly away, but usually, at the end of the day, she is content to simply drift off to sleep. Then, her alarm goes off at 4:50 the next morning and she does it again.
Built-in fears
Shanklin isn't usually a bragger, but she is awfully proud of her children. Dante skipped two grades, you know, and he's a whiz at the piano. Jay, a most pensive, spiritual kid, was born knowing how to play the drums. Eight-year-old Mark reminds her of Tigger in Winnie-the-Pooh.
She could go on. They are all good kids; they really are.
But her family is different because of the children's pasts. That doesn't go away. The kids can't necessarily talk about it — many were abused before they had language — but their histories inexorably seep out.
Jay, who had 13 broken bones when he entered foster care as a baby, has always had sleeping troubles and grows fearful if Shanklin raises her voice. "I'm afraid you're going to hurt me!" he'll wail.
She really tries not to holler because it can also set off Darien, and Kee too — she'll take the house apart. It's those two, Kee and Darien, who have the hardest time. "I just wish I was a better person," Kee sobbed to Shanklin one day last year. She was 12 then. She has been hospitalized five times for depression.
And Darien. Oh Darien. He's a very bright 12-year-old who also struggles with severe emotional problems. When he's at home jabbering away or curled up with a book, it's not apparent at all. But school can be a minefield for him. When kids tease him — and they do — he explodes.
He had a major outburst in September at school. He banged on the walls, screaming that he was going to kill all the teachers, then kill himself. He was carted off to the hospital in handcuffs.
"I made some really bad choices," he said mournfully when Shanklin arrived. He had calmed down by then. "I said some things I shouldn't have, and now I can't take them back." Now, Darien's in a private school for kids like him.
Her children have good days and bad days. That's how it is. She just throws in a little hope and a prayer and does the best she can.
Race and identity
When Ronda was about 6, she asked if she had been in Shanklin's tummy. No, her brothers explained, she was in her first mother's tummy.
"Oooh," she said. "Granny?"
Ha! Shanklin's mother was nearly an octogenarian then. And she and Poppy are white; Ronda is black.
But that's what little kids are like — they have no clue about racial differences. Sometimes they insist they weren't adopted, and their siblings' protests — "Mom is white!" — don't sway them.
The older children, though, have a much sharper awareness of biological bonds and race. They see that Kelly, Levick and Patrick are white, Chris is Native American and the rest of the siblings are African-American. And that can be hard for them.
After all, no matter how happy, bright and talented her kids are, most of them have had significant loss in their lives. They lost their birth families. The racial differences are a blaring reminder of that, and all too often bring unwanted attention. Kids will sometimes taunt Darien. Is your "real" mother in jail?
Actually, his biological mother is in prison. So what can you do with that?
There's no doubt that the best situation is when children and parents are the same race, Shanklin says. Absolutely. It helps develop self-esteem and identity — and God knows adolescents are obsessed with figuring out who they are. On the other hand, kids shouldn't languish in foster care because the optimal placement isn't available. That's not the answer either. In any case, it's been illegal since the 1990s to use race as a factor in placing foster or adoptive kids.
So she simply faces head-on the complexities of being a white woman with a multiracial gaggle of children. They go to a black Catholic church in Baltimore. The kids have black role models in their lives. She learned long ago how to braid and do extensions — it has been ages since anyone at church teased, What on earth did you do to that child's hair?
She's well aware that some African-Americans do not think white parents should adopt black kids, though she almost never gets direct comments to that effect. She also has heard the opposite view: People expressing disdain for white families who go to Eastern Europe, Asia or Latin America to adopt when African-American children next door need homes.
She refuses to judge. Look: People should follow their hearts when they adopt. They shouldn't take in a child of a particular race out of a sense of duty. It takes away a kid's dignity. That's just her opinion. She really thinks every child has the right to be somebody's first choice.
When she thinks about what she wants for her kids, it's pretty simple. If they could all be self-sufficient and doing something that brings them happiness, she'd be fine with that. The whole world might be a nicer place if everybody had that goal for their children, wouldn't it?
Shanklin doesn't waste much time with idle dreams, but sometimes, she fantasizes about sending the rest of the kids to private schools. Also, though this is out of the question unless she wins the lottery, she would like to be a stay-at-home mother. She could do such a better job.
She has some smaller wishes, too. It would be nice, just for once, to replace the rickety, hand-me-down bikes the kids ride with shiny, new ones. And she'd like to swim regularly, spend more one-on-one time with the children, go away by herself for a couple days each year. She used to do that but it's been harder recently: It's not fun vacationing for three days if she has to worry the whole time about who has the kids and whether they are OK.
Sometimes, she thinks about a spouse — or, frankly, a clone — but she doesn't seriously long for one because, really, who would take on her family?
She swears she's not adopting again — for heaven's sake, on parents' night, it's getting harder to extract herself from the little chairs at the children's schools. Perhaps she will foster some kids after her own are grown, but she doubts it.
Or sort of doubts it.
What she really wants to do once her kids leave the nest is retire, sell the house, invest the money, buy a camper and move to the shore. When the holidays roll around, she'll just motor over to the home of whichever kid is having the party.
The rest of the time, her children and their families will have to find her parked next to the ocean on Assateague Island, where she will be trying out the life she deliberately opted out of the first time around. In her daydreams, she swims every day. She wiggles her toes in the sand. She takes long, aimless walks along the beach. She spends as much time as she wants watching the swallows and listening to the sea, and it is very, very peaceful.
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They came, they saw, they conquered. This line pretty well sums up a little-reported but important story about the new tea partiers in the U.S. House of Representatives.
No sooner had they arrived than the corporate lobbying corps came to visit, saw what these supposed rebels were made of and quickly conquered them without a fight. The forces of big business needed only to lay out some campaign cash -- and quicker than you can say, "Business as usual," the budding lawmakers snatched up the money and immediately began carrying the lobbyists' corporate agenda.
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UK distributor Metrodome has taken all UK rights to Stefan Ruzowitzky's Berlinale hit The Counterfeiters.
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I had so much fun sharing this little glimpse into my office space with you guys! It's a small start to a dream studio (one day!). xo JA
Monday, January 9, 2012
Office Tour
I have been spending so much time in my little office space lately that I thought I'd share it with you! It's sort of where "all the magic happens." Whether I'm designing, promoting, printing, packaging I'm most likely sitting right here at my desk.
I do my very best to keep my area clean. I find I work better when there isn't stuff lying around everywhere. Maybe it's the slightly-organization-obsessed part of me but it's easiest for me to focus with a clean table top! (Do you recognized the painted side table from this post?)
In my attempt to stay organized and tidy, I always keep a look out for storage containers at the thrift store. My favorite find was this metal set of drawers. Three bucks and it's perfect for storing my cards!
I have two framed prints I bought from Elsie a while back on each side of my desk.
To add some extra cuteness (ok a lot of extra cuteness) to my work space, I added the amazing vintage sewing machine Jordan got me for Christmas last year. I seriously think this is the prettiest sewing machine I have ever seen.
The newest addition to the office is this inspiration board I got c/o Soft Surroundings. I love it because it helps display all my cards and photos in an organized, yet cute, way. I wasn't ready to part with some of the Christmas cards I received this year so it was a perfect place to put them! Plus, how cool are the vintage postage replicas stamped on it? You can follow Soft Surroundings on Facebook and Pinterest.
I had so much fun sharing this little glimpse into my office space with you guys! It's a small start to a dream studio (one day!). xo JA
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I love your workspace. I'm not sure mine has ever looked HALF so tidy! And mine's definitely not as adorable. I'm going to have to work on that, methinks.
If you don't mind sharing, I'm curious what printer you use? I'm a graphic design nerd and always wonder what other folks like to use. :)
Thanks for the comment! I read them all and reply when I can. Please be sure your blogger account is linked to your e-mail so I can do so! (Tutorial on how to do that here: http://tinyurl.com/c6gh9fk) xo JA
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New York City skyline at sunset
Camera/lens: Canon 5D Mk II, Canon TS-E 24/3.5: Mk II
Travel & Nature photographer who currently resides in Frisco, Texas
View Full ProfileThis is really impressive Inge. I love the clarity and the light.
Thanks Don!
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Wonderful capture of the Big Apple!!
Glad you like it. Had a great time in NYC and DC.
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Awesome capture Inge
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Very pretty colours!!
Thank you
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Wow, wow, wow – just gorgeous Inge!
Sue, thanks so much. NYC is such a fun place to shoot.
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the clarity and color are delightful, Inge!
Thanks Sally :-)
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Wonderful image, fabulous focus and love all the light! What building were you in to get this great image? Sandy
Thanks. Rockefeller building.
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Superb image!
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Sorry Evelina ;-) It's a really nice little town you've got there, by the way :-)
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Gain confidence in your French-language communication using the method trusted by more than 200,000 students The Ultimate French Review and Practice gives you a good grasp of grammar so you can build your skills and confidence in communication. Each grammatical concept is explained and illustrated with engaging sentence examples; you'll also get extensive exercises offer practice at applying this knowledge in everyday conversation. This book/CD-ROM package includes: More than 400 exercises, in addition to 200 exercises on the accompanying CD-ROM A Pre-Test that identifies your strengths and weaknesses and a Post-Test that helps you review your progress, both on the CD-ROM Bonus online content, including audio exercises as well as internet-based activities focused on key cultural website across the French-speaking world Topics include: Verbs--Basic Forms and Uses, Present Tense, Present Tense of Irregular Verbs, Negative Sentences, Interrogative Sentences, Imperative, Passe Compose, Imperfect, Imperfect versus Passe Compose, Reflexive Verbs, Future and Conditional, Conditional Sentences, Pluperfect, Future Perfect, and Past Conditional, Passe Simple, Present Participles, Uses of the Infinitive, Nouns and Their Modifiers, Pronouns, Nouns: Gender, Number and Articles, Uses of Articles, Stressed Pronouns, Subject-Verb Agreement, Possessive and Demonstrative Adjectives and Pounouns, Interrogative Adjectives and Pronouns, Adjectives, Comparative and Superlative, Object Pronouns, Numbers, Time, Dates, Adverbs, Negatives and Indefinites, Prepositions, Prepositions with Geographical Names, Verbs in Two-Clause Sentences, Relative Clauses, The Present Subjunctive, The Past Subjunctive, Literary Subjunctives, The Subjunctive, Idiomatic Usage, The Passive Voice and Substitutes for the Passive, Important Idioms and Proverbs, Verb Charts
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The Iguana Tree by Michel Stone
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Love to read this story, my magnifying glass is ready!! I think the story has to be worth it, but I will look for a way to magnify!!
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I would love to read this.... especially since you gave it such a nice write-up... Living in TX as well and as an immigrant, I would really enjoy this, I think. Another similar but diff read would be The Tortilla Curtain by TC Boyle. Good read.
liz in texas. (Further contact info forthcoming should I win.)
:-) I do hope that you get the chance to finish this one, as it is an incredible story that filled me with hope, but also horror. I can relate to small type issues. It can sometimes be a problem for me too.
ReplyDeleteRepliesOh I most certainly will. I've never experienced the small type issue, but these days I spend my whole day on the computer and don't even have a chance to start reading before 8pm. Those factors combined are killin' my eyes. But Barnes and Noble is making a killing since I've been downloading more Nook books for the various type sizes!
I've got this one on my nightstand at the moment, but haven't really noticed the small font issue. Then again, I wear reading glasses! My eyesight hit a wall a few years ago and it was a shock to me when I started having trouble with magazines, restaurant menus, medicine labels, etc. I really thought "they" had started making type smaller- it didn't occur to me at first that my eyesight had changed!
I hope you'll go on to finish - and enjoy- the book. The reviews overall have been very good. Thanks for being on the tour.


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The full range of broadcast-quality video / audio inputs and outputs are supported in NTSC and PAL as well as 480p, 720p, 1080p, and 1080i HD resolutions at all frame rates. It supports 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios.
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Happy Monday Guys...hope you all had a wonderful weekend!! The cafe's "Flower Friday" feature was a lovely floral arrangement for a style shoot captured by captured by Katie Stoops Photography ......the shoot was actually featured last week on Style Me Pretty!! So, today I wanted to share a few of my favorite "floral images" from Janie Medley Flora Design. Make sure you check out the full feature over at SMP....thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day.....Enjoy!!
We are going back down Memory Lane this afternoon with one of my favorite "floral shoots" with my girls Maria of Ritzy Bee, and Katie of Katie Stoops Photography....Maria and Katie are both so talented and they are the sweetest ladies to work with....they ROCK!!! We had so much fun doing this shoot together...it's always so fun to re-visit.....so let's take a "walk down memory lane" and check out "The Secret Garden"......and yes, the flowers are by me, JMFlora Design......Enjoy!


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"'The government could solve its debt problem by just minting some large coins. That there's no limit on how many coins they can make, and there's no limit on the face value of the coin. So today, for example, you could stamp out 15 $1 trillion coins and you'd take care of the debt and you'd have a little money left over. And, a number of economists actually picked up on that, and there's this whole dicussion out there now about how you could solve the problem with some $1 trillion coins which you would then put in the government's bank account, basically. So you don't actually ever spend the coins, but you can draw against them, and it's a way to create money…'" (original; cited by).


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Released each December, this anthology encourages young poets to continue writing and reading poetry. Contributors must be age 15 or younger when the poems were written. Submissions are accepted by email from a parent/guardian only. Deadline: June 15.Re:verse
An online publication of Young Poets, a project of The League of Canadian Poets featuring new poetry and writing from youth, aged 13-18. Calls for submissions are issued three times per year, and there is a Teachers link with some helpful articles.A River & Sound Review
If you are between the ages 14 and 21 and enjoy writing, please submit your poems, stories, or essays to be considered for reading at an upcoming live production. "Writers may submit up to three poems, or an essay or story up to 1,000 words in length. Selection of the work will be based on the literary merit of the submission and its appropriateness for our program. Due to our production schedule and limited staff, it may take us up to three months to notify you of our acceptance of your submission."Skipping Stones
An international publication for readers 8-16 that celebrates ecological and cultural diversity and facilitates a meaningful exchange of ideas and experiences by publishing essays, stories, letters to the editor, riddles and proverbs, etc.Smith Magazine
Creators of the Six-Word Memoir Project, Smith has a space just for teen writers to explore storytelling through condensed personal narrative.Stone Soup
Fiction, poetry, illustrated stories, illustrations by youth under 13.The SOP: Student Operated Press
A site for novice writers, student journalists, amateur broadcasters and unpublished authors with the goal to help students become better writers.Sucker Literary Magazine
An online PDF and Kindle publication of Young Adult (YA) Literature.Suddenly Lost in Words
"A global publication with a global perspective" from the voices of young adults, both new and established writers, 13 and older. Suddenly Lost in Words pays professional rates for published works, which then appear in eBook releases to sold through Amazon and Barnes & Noble.The Susquehanna Review
Susquehanna University's nationally distributed student-run annual literary magazine contains riginal ficiton, creative nonfiction, and poetry by undergraduate writers currently attending an accredited university in the United States.Teen Ink
Publishing categories: Art; Poetry; Fiction; Sports; Opinion; Community Service; Nonfiction (including Pride and Prejudice, Travel and Culture, Environment, You and Your Health, What Matters, Heroes, Cars, Jobs and Money); Reviews (books, movies, music, colleges, TV, web sites, video games, summer programs); College Essays and Articles; and Interviews. For ages 13-19.Teenreads
Info and features about teens' favorite authors, books, series and characters. Part of The Book Report Network, a group of websites founded in 1996 that share book reviews, features, author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the new releases, literary games and contests.Through the 3rd Eye
A non-profit poetry website out of Grand Rapids, MI operating on a volunteer basis and featuring reviews of published poetry, interviews with established Michigan poets, and poetry by up-and-coming Michigan poets. Accepts submissions of poetry by young people aged 8-25 who live in Michigan.VOYA
This occasional column reveals secrets of teen culture to the adults who care regarding books, information, entertainment, media, and identity.Whitefish Review
This print journal of literature, art, and photography launches promising writers and artists. Every issue features a previously unpublished writer or artist chosen by the editors, as part of their mission to discover and nurture budding talent. Often these writers and artists are featured in events alongside famous literary and art figures. There is no submission fee for high school age and younger.Write On! For Literacy
Write On! For Literacy encourages kids to discover confidence, joy, self-expression and connection with others through reading and writing. Attention young writers! Dallas Woodburn, the founder, is looking for book reviews of your favorite childrens, middle grade and young adult books to publish on the Write On! website.Write the World
A resource for young writers and teachers. WTW provides prompts and contests, places for young writers to submit and respond to each others writing, and the opportunity for older writers to become reviewers and mentors for young writers. A true writers community online.The Writer's Slate
The Writers' Slate online publishes original poetry and prose from students enrolled in kindergarten through twelfth grade. It also publishes pedagogical or creative writing by teachers.Yaldah Magazine
A publication for Jewish girls publishing short fiction, poetry, true stories, and essays by girls ages 9-17. Writing should be of interest to Jewish girls ages 9-14.YARN
Young Adult Review Network is an online literary journal that publishes original short fiction, poetry, and essays for Young Adult readers (14+), written by established writers as well as new voices, including teens.Young Writers Project
YWP welcomes K-12 students in Vermont and western New Hampshire to submit their written work, photos and art work for possible publication in theNewspaper Series.Youth Communications
Short, nonfiction stories and related lessons to help students improve their reading and writing skills, and improve the social and emotional skills that support school success.Zamoof!
Youth submissions, comics, puzzles, games, crafts, jokes, sports, girl stuff, pet fun, movie previews, stories, recipes, interviews, true stories, posters & more for ages 8-12. Currently accepts submissions from Canadian residents only due to grant funding restrictions.Zaum
a literary and art magazine providing college students a venue for publishing their poetry, prose, fiction and visual artwork. The magazine is distributed and produced by students at Sonoma State University in California.Zeka Academic Journal
A multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal by high school students. Zeka is open to publish on any serious topic, ranging from toxicology to book reviews to art criticisms. Eligible authors must be either high school students or under the age of 18.This is a select list of contests from reputable sources. There are many contests that charge fees, but for young authors, I have sought contests which mean to recognize and encourage young writers and do not charge reading or entry fees. Of those listed that do charge a fee, some provide a publication subscription in return as they are trying to gain new readers; that seems fair and the publishers are up front about it.
Please avoid contests that tell you you've won and then want you to purchase expensive copies of the book in which you have been published. These types of "scam" contests publish hundreds, even thousands of entrants and profit greatly from the book sales. These contests take advantage of young writers and inexperienced writers of all ages.
Charlie Hughes, formerly of Wind Publications, has a great site that gives advice about how to submit your work for publication and how to avoid contest scams. Please educate yourself by reading it: Submitting Your Literary Work for Publication.
The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers
Scholastic Art & Writing AwardsGrades 7 - 12 during the 2014/2015 school year
Deadline: Varies by Region - Enter zip code to find deadline
Penn Cove Literary Arts Award
(Formerly the Student Choice Contest)Whidbey MFA at the Northwest Institute of Liteary Arts welcomes submissions of poetry and fiction from writers of all ages.
Deadline: Monthly
YES! Magazine
National Student Quarterly Writing CompetitionBased on essay from YES! Magazine and writing prompt.
Several age categories Grade 5 - Adult Learner
Biannual deadlines set for each semester.
The Fire Scholarship Contest
Essay: Prompt using video examples on topic of Free SpeechGrades High School Juniors & Seniors 2014-2015 school year
Deadline: January 1, 2015
Embracing Our Differences
Art Exhibit and Quote ContestFor all ages
Deadline: January 5, 2015
John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest
Sponsored by Fidelity InvestmentsGrades 9 - 12
Deadline: January 5, 2015
The Writing Conference
Theme-based contest for poetry, narrative, and essay.Grades K-12
Deadline: January 8, 2015
HyperText Magazine
Fiction and/or Creative NonfictionGrades 9 - 12
Deadline: January 9, 2015
Letters About Literature
National Reading-Writing ContestGrades 4 - 8
Deadline: January 10, 2015
Oregon Quarterly
Northwest Perspectives Essay ContestOpen to enrolled college students
Deadline: January 20, 2015
The Living Rainforest
International Schools Essay Competition and DebateAges Primary and Secondary School Categories
Deadline: January 23, 2015
Teachers must register class of students.
The Blue Pencil Online
Elizabeth Bishops PrizesPoetry, Fiction, Playwriting
Grades 8, 9, 10, 11
Deadline: Noon on February 1
Prize: $15,000 scholarship to the Writing & Publishing Program at Walnut Hill School for the Arts.
Gannon University
High School Poetry ContestGrades 9-12
Deadline: February 1, 2015
Holocaust Art and Writing Contest
Chapman UniversityGrades Middle and High School
Deadline: February 3, 2015
Skipping Stones
Haiku ContestGrades K-12
Deadline: February 5, 2015
Random House Creative Writing Competition
For NY City Pubic School SeniorsPoetry, spoken word, fiction, drama, essay, memoir
Deadline: February 6, 2015
Canines for Charity
Essay ("My First Puppy") and Drawing ContestGrades K-12
Deadline: February 15, 2015
Moment Magazine
Publish-A-KidAges 9-13
Deadline: February 16, 2015
The Atlantic & College Board Writing Prize
Essay Theme: Important Documents [a select list is provided] from U.S. HistoryAges 16-19-year-old high school students
Deadline: February 28, 2015
Writing for Peace
Writers research a new culture, write a poem or short story in the voice of a character from that culture, and reflect upon the lessons learned in the form of a short essay.Ages 13-19
Deadline: March 1, 2015
American Society of Human Genetics
DNA Day Essay ContestGrades 9-12
Deadline: March 6, 2015
It's All Write! Short Story Contest
Ann Arbor Book Festival and Ann Arbor District LibraryGrades 6-12
Deadline: March 13, 2015
Claremont Review
Annual Poetry and Fiction ContestsAges 13-19
Deadline: Postmark March 15 (annual)
*They do charge for submission, but the fee pays for a one-year subscription to the magazine.
The Critical Pass Review
Junior Poet's AwardAges 13-18
Deadline: March 15, 2015
Kids Are Authors (Scholastic)
Fiction, Nonfiction, ArtGrades K - 8
Deadline: March 15, 2015
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society
University of Central FloridaMiddle & High School Writing Contest
Story, Poem, Essay
Deadline: March 15 (annual)
Young Writers of Canada
2015 Annual Young Writers Creative Writing ContestAges 5-18
Deadline: March 15, 2015
Outdoor Writers Association of America
Norm Strung Youth Writing AwardsGrades 6-8 or 9-12
For outdoor-oriented works.
Deadline: March 16, 2015
ukiaHaiku Festival
Haiku ContestAll Ages
No Fee (except for Adult Contemporary Haiku)
Deadline: Postmark March 22, 2015
The website includes helpful guidelines for writing haiku.
The Haiku Society of America
Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku CompetitionGrades 7-12
Deadline: March 25, 2015
Lake Superior State University Short Story Prize
Genre: post-apocalyptic short storyOpen to high school age writers
Deadline: March 30, 2015
The Canadian Aboriginal Writing Challenge
Ages 14-18 or 19-29Deadline: March 31, 2015
The Caterpillar
Best Poem for Children ContestThis contest is actually for adults writing for readers ages 7-11(ish).
Deadline: March 31, 2015
The Legacy Project
"Listen to a Life" Writing ContestAges 8-18
Deadline: March 31, 2015
Sarah Mook Poetry Prize
Grades K-12Deadline: March 31, 2015
Princeton University
10-Minute Play ContestAges: 11th & 12th grade in 2013-2014
Deadline: March 31, 2015
PBS Kids Go!
Writers ContestAges: K-3rd Grade
Deadline: Accepted January to March Annually
Stony Brook
State University of New YorkShort Fiction Prize
Only undergraduates enrolled full-time in American and Canadian universities and colleges for the academic year 2014-2015 are eligible for the prize.
Deadline: April 1, 2015
Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center
Holocaust Writing and Art ContestOpen to grades 5-12 in WA, OR, ID, AK
Deadline: April 3, 2015
The Claudia Ann Seaman Poetry Award
The Community Foundation of Dutchess CountyEligibility: Students in grades 9 - 12
Deadline: Received by April 15 (annual)
Signet Classics (Penguin)
Student Scholarship Essay ContestGrades 11th and 12th & home-schooled students
Deadline: Postmark April 14, 2015; Received by April 21, 2015
International Bipolar Foundation
Choice of Themes Essay ContestAges: All middle and high school students
Deadline: May 1, 2015
The Geek Partnership Society
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Supernatural and Alternate History FictionPoetry, Fiction, Graphic Novel
Various age categories (K-Adult)
Deadline: May 15, 2015
Humane Education Network
A Voice for AnimalsEssay Contest for 14-15 year olds (high school or home school)
Action Project for 16-18 year olds (high school or home school)
Deadeline: May 25, 2014
Save the Earth Poetry Prize
The Weeden FoundationAmerican High School Students
Grades 11 and 12
Deadline: March 1 - May 31, 2015
IUPUI Poetry Contest
Indiana University - Purdue University IndianapolisOpen to high school students to win $1500 scholarship to IUPUI.
Deadline: June 1, 2015
Rattle Young Poets Anthology
Open Call for SubmissionsAges: 15 or younger
Deadline: June 15, 2015
Skipping Stones
Youth Honor AwardWriting and Art Contest
Ages 7-17
Deadline: June 25, 2015
Hunger Mountain
Young Adult (YA); Middle Grade (MG); Picture Book or Writing for Young ChildrenDeadline: June 30 annual postmark
One Teen Story
Fiction Contest: Any genre - literary, fantasy, sci-fi, love stories, and horror.Age Categories: 14-15, 16-17, and 18-19-year-olds
Deadline: May 1 - June 30, 2015
Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Award
Ages: Adult; Youth (13-18); Youth (12 and under)No fee for 12 and under.
Deadline: Postmark July 1 (annual)
Mark Twain House & Museum
Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing ContestAges: Adult; Youth (17 and under)
Deadline: July 10, 2015
The Lincoln Forum
Platt Family Scholarship Prize Essay Contest"Lincoln and the Hard Hand of War"
For full-time college/university students.
Deadline: Postmark July 31 (annual)
Young Writers of Canada
2015 Annual Open All Ages Poetry ContestDeadline: July 31, 2015
Nothing at this time. Check back!
Transitions Abroad Travel Contest
Student Writing ContestCurrently enrolled undergrad and grad students & recent grads.
Deadline: September 30, 2015
Save the Frogs!
Poetry and Art ContestsAll Ages
Deadine: January 15 - October 17, 2014
American Geosciences Institute
Earth Science Week Essay ContestAges: 6-9 grade
Deadline: October 17, 2014
Hollins University
Nancy Thorp Poetry ContestFor High School Sophomore and Junior Girls
Deadline: October 30, 2014
Young Writers of Canada
Young Writers Poetry ContestAges: 5-18
French & English entries accepted
Deadline: October 31, 2014
Bennington College
Young Writers CompetitionFor 10th, 11th, 12th grades
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
Deadline: November 1 (annual)
Sierra Nevada College
Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionOpen to High School Juniors and Seniors
Deadline: November 1 (Annual)
US Forest Service
"Get to Know Your Wild Neighbors"Art, Writing, Photography, Videography, Music
Several age categories K-12th grade
Deadline: November 1 (Annual)
Lions International
Essay Contest: "Peace, Love and Understanding"Ages: 11, 12, 13 years old on November 15, 2015
Open to students who are considered visually impaired according to their national guidelines.
Mrs. P
Be-A-Famous-Writer ContestAges: 4-13
Open: September 1 - November 15, 2014
Yale University
Yale Series of Younger PoetsFor writers under 40 who have not published a book of poetry.
Deadline: Postmark October 1 - November 15, 2014
Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers
The Kenyon ReviewHigh School Sophomores and Juniors
Award: First place: Full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Young Writers workshop and publication. Second and third place: Publication.
Deadline: November 1 - 30 (annual)
NaNoWriMo's Young Writers Program
National Novel Writing MonthNovember 1 - 30 (annual)
Princeton University
Leonard Milberg '53 Secondary School Poetry PrizeAny student who is in the eleventh grade in the 2014-2015 academic year is eligible.
Deadline: Announced Fall 2015
The Lyric Magazine
Poetry ContestUndergraduate Students – USA and Canada
Deadline: Postmark December 1, 2014
Saint Mary's College
River of Words Poetry and Art ContestGrades K-12 (Ages 5-19)
Deadline: December 1, 2015
Smith College
The Poetry Center High School PrizeAn annual prize for sophomore & junior girls in New England
Deadline: September 1 - December 1
Radiant Peace Education Awards
Essay, Art, Video, ProjectsGrades 1-8
Deadline: December 10, 2014
Letters About Literature
National Reading-Writing ContestGrades 9-12
Deadline: December 15, 2014
Rider University
Annual High School Writing ContestEssay, Fiction, Poetry
Deadline: December 15, 2014
Gulan Institute Youth Platform
Essay with research: New topic for 2015 Essay Contest will be announced on September 2014.Grades 9 - 12
Deadline: December 15, 2014
New Voice Young Writers
Story, Poetry, EssayAges: 11-18
Deadline: November 1 - December 20, 2014
Adventure Write Kids
Totem Head's Story ContestAges: Under 19 years old (US Residents)
Tutorial and story prompt on website.
Deadline: December 31, 2014
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